ok, anyone that has read to this point I will tell a little story. About 6:00pm last night, saturday 8-16-09 I called brunos, told them I needed some Ravioli and asked what time they serve dinner to. I was told 8:00pm, but I said I was just passing Tulelake and I might be there by 8:30. Bruno said no problem. So I took my son to Brunos, kind of a birthday present. we are driving through Cedarville about 8:15 and I call bruno's again and said we are coming but not by 8:30... we walk into Bruno's at 9:15 and they had our dinner ready. Bruno came over and talked a bit, we met the cook and the bartender. The RAVIOLI was fantastic, then we went out for a drink, met Taz who is working on the webcam, and a bunch of others... left the bar about 1:30 and spent the night in the desert. The pic's are from this morning before heading back up here to Tionesta, CA

The pictures you posted are exactly what I want to be seeing right now.
The city from it's very first inception.
From the ground up.
The first bones of the skeleton of Center Camp.
The foundation for our MAN.

This will be my tenth burn.
I must have seen every film, video, picture, book, calendar, essay ever created about Burning Man...
but I have NEVER seen the same of the pictures you posted.
The very beginning.